Mortgages

Fixed rates continue to dominate

Fixed rates account for 77% of intermediaries’ mortgage business, according to the latest research...

PMS and Sesame launch exclusive deals

Members of PMS and appointed representatives of the Sesame network now have exclusive...

SimplyBiz Mortgages goes back on the road

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced its next series of specialist masterclasses. The events will be...

The Leeds expands intermediary team

Leeds Building Society has appointed an experienced financial services manager to its intermediary mortgage...

Manchester Expo sells out

The Financial Services Expo Manchester has now sold out for its inaugural show, which...

CHL’s arrears outperforming BTL market as a whole

CHL Mortgages' buy-to-let arrears levels have continued to fall according to the latest data...

Virgin Money passes lending milestone

Virgin Money has revealed its mortgage balances have exceeded the £20 billion mark. Following the...

Home lending falls 17% over past quarter

House purchase lending fell for the third consecutive month in April, as lenders introduced...

The Skipton increases rates on selected products

Skipton Building Society has launched a new residential mortgage range. It includes a variety...

Bank Rate held again

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has yet again voted to maintain...

Halifax: second successive monthly decline in house prices

House prices in the last three months were 2.3% higher than in the preceding...

Nationwide revamps mortgage offering

Nationwide Building Society is re-pricing its mortgage range, reducing rates by up to 0.20...

Mansfield reprices buy-to-let fix

The Mansfield Building Society has launched a two-year fixed rate buy-to-let product, with the...

Pink Mortgage Club to hold DA roadshows

Pink Mortgage Club is to stage four mortgage roadshows for directly authorised advisers around...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

Latest news

House price growth slows as market uncertainty weighs on buyers

Annual UK house price growth eased to 1.8% in July as economic uncertainty and...

Homeowners delay energy upgrades amid confusion over EPC ratings

More than two-fifths of UK homeowners have delayed or are considering delaying energy-efficiency improvements,...

Lengthy completions put mortgage offers under pressure

Homebuyers face an average five-month wait between agreeing a sale and completing, increasing the...

Insured expats still face barriers to healthcare

More than half of insured expatriates have delayed or gone without necessary healthcare because...

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